#I will never not be a Luke apologist

[webanglikethat]

About Luke.

as we all know (if you’ve read the books) his mom (May Castellan) tried to become the new oracle, to fit that into her own body. what she, and the rest of the camp, wasn’t aware of was that Hades had cursed the oracle. so there she was, my sweet may trying to take the spirit into her body, thinking she could help everyone but instead she went insane, plagued with fits and having shattered glimpses of her son's future. she saw what Luke could (would) become and she refused to believe that it was a prophecy, that this was his fate. so she clung onto the hope it wasn’t true. she was desperately fighting against the cruel truth, praying it wasn't his inexorable fate. and to this day May is still waiting for her son, her sweet son, to come home. even amidst her descent into madness, her love for Luke remained unwavering and her love persisted even in the darkest corners of her insanity. though it choked him to the point he had to leave. 

and have you ever considered for a moment that in order to partake in a quest the campers are required to talk to the oracle? have you ever for one second thought about Luke doing that? and do you think he got flashbacks? do you think he remembered his mother, in her familiar maddened state, holding and clutching onto him, expressing gratitude for his lack of golden eyes, spewing out that ominous green mist? do you think this worsened his hate - after he failed? the quest was always meant to be failed but it was also a reminder to him he wasn’t but a mere second thought to his father. the inability of his father to assign something unique or original to him, a quest that wasn't a mere duplicate, must have compounded Luke's feelings of inadequacy and marginalization. there he was, having to watch and listen to a mummy who reminded him of the cemetery he called home, but his father couldn't muster enough care or concern to bring life back to his existence, leaving Luke to grapple with his own emotional graveyard. 

and in this essay I will be — 

#JB is thinking about pjo #luke castellan #luke castellan apologist #percy jackson #my heart aches for both of them #may castellan #She was just a girl who wanted to become a source of help #and instead look what it led to #what is home if not the first place you learn to run from #I will never not be a Luke apologist

[antianakin]

If we do ever get a Reva spin-off show (or movie, whatever), I would like to put it out there that it shouldn't have a SINGLE cameo. Not one. No Rebels characters, no Sequels characters, no Force ghosts, no Ahsoka, no Luke or Leia, no other Jedi survivors, NOBODY. No cameos, just Reva and a cast of original characters.

#star wars #reva sevander #reva #little easter egg things in like props or sets or whatever are fine #oh also DON'T SEND HER TO TATOOINE #STOP SENDING PEOPLE TO TATOOINE #i never want to see reva on tatooine again #give her new planets to go to pls and thx #look i love the idea of what would happen if reva met adult luke and leia too #or having reva meet jedi survivor characters like quinlan or cal #or interacting with the rebels crew (the real ones not these fake ass knock-offs from the ahsoka show) #or telling off ahsoka for the genocide apologist she apparently is and defending the jedi to her stupid face #or being able to speak to obi-wan and yoda's force ghosts one last time #but she deserves to get to shine in her own show without having to share the spotlight with already beloved characters #she deserves to establish herself without that burden #esp since she was introduced on a show where she had to hold up against a whole slew of pre-established characters #LET HER SHINE

[chaotic-gender-fluid]

in the books Luke and Percy's biggest difference was their mothers: Percy was Luke if he'd had a loving kind mother and vice versa

but in the SHOW: THE DIFFERENCE IS JUST AS MUCH THEIR FATHERS. posidon might not be there but he listens to Sally, he claims Percy really quick despite the consequences, he grabs him with water at the arch and sends a Nereid to talk to him and most of all SURRENDERS to Zeus for a WAR just for his son.

but Hermes? he says he cares but left May like that(as far as we know) didn't really acknowledge Luke after his quest(again we don't know) and never does anything to actively care for him.

#I could continue but I think that gets my point across #I will never stop arguing that they are the same other than the way they've been treated #LUKE HAD TO LIVE WITH MAY UNTIL HE WAS 14!!! and then had to be on the run at 14 #we will never know if he would have gone with the change the system route if given the chance at being loved #also I'm not a luke apologist im a luke understander #percy jackson #luke castellan #pjo #rick riordan #pjo tv show #chaotic ramblings in the ether

[jasontoddssuper]

Never forget how i said i hate the Skater Boy Percy hc in a discord i'm in and this one dude got super offended at it and was so desperate to prove it's canon that he said 'You don't have to skate to be a skater'

#a direct quote i wish i was kidding😭he was also one of those percabecky stans that refuses to let people have it as a notp #and cried about how he was 'just defending his opinions' like mf i never attacked you begin with and HE was the one who invalidated my hc- #-that percy had a crush on thalia to go 'um ackstually he liked jason :)' like bruh💀 #percy jackson #perseo jackson #black percy #latino percy #he's also transfem bigender/genderfluid bi and demi and autistic and has mdd and b///pd!! #pjo #hoo #toa #rr crit #luke apologists and percy/gods shippers dni #letters from summer

[gch1995]

Jedi Critical/Negativity tag!

In the tags list some things that suck about the Jedi Order in Star Wars. I’ll start!

#anti jedi apologists #jedi critical #tag the reasons why the Jedi suck #I’ll start #1) ​Obi-Wan Yoda and the Council are partially responsible for influencing Anakin Skywalker to become Darth Vader in the first place #2) recruit children as soldiers #3) most of them are poorly written Gary Stus and/or Mary Sues with no real character development except for Luke and Anakin Skywalker #4) Most of them don’t give any shits about creating collateral damage #5) their anti attachment doctrine is incredibly harmful and toxic to both themselves and the world around them #6) Obi-Wan is honestly just as arrogant aggressive manipulative ruthless self-centered and vindictive as Anakin becomes at his worst #in his ‘ends justify the means’ methods and duels with opponents if not worse at times #but unlike Anakin and Luke Skywalker there are NEVER any real stakes for him being that way or negative consequences when he doesn’t stop #when Luke acts cocky on Bespin in his conflict with Vader after learning to use a lightsaber a few days ago on his own he loses his hand #I mean Anakin and Luke come to distrust and resent him for being a manipulative asshole and he loses people he cares about #but he never gets any warnings about how he shouldn’t be fighting dirty because it makes him no better to stoop to his enemies level #there’s never a stake in the narrative for him never learning to not fight dirty and vindictively on the battlefield #and continuing to justify it as ‘for the greater good’ #when obi wan picks fights with enemies fights dishonorably or seeks vengeance it’s framed as ‘cool’ #but when Anakin or Luke do it regardless of their good intentions it’s never not framed as something bad that will come back to haunt them #or eventually bring them to deep to the dark side if they don’t learn to stop #7) Yoda is the most unhelpful ‘wisest Jedi’ ever #8) obi-wan and Yoda deliberately deceive endanger and manipulate Luke Skywalker to kill off the fearsome enemy they helped turn his dad into #and never express any sort of remorse to him when Luke calls them out on their bs #one of the main villains can learn the lesson of it being wrong to use luke as a pawn to escape his problems in the last 1/2 hour of ROTJ #but obi-wan and Yoda never do because they’re ‘heroes’ for being on the lesser evil of two very fucked up sides #9) aside from a few individual Jedi most of them are just the lawful evil version of the Sith

[littlemisssatanist]

can i ask for a small favor? can you rant about daemon targaryen please? i just re-read your team green 💚 post and i'm reminded of how much ick i feel towards that character, especially in the wake of the team trailers being released.

hiii!!! tysm for this ask i was super happy when i saw it in my inbox i'm flattered people want to hear my opinions lol

my thoughts about daemon are very convoluted. i think he has the potential to be a very interesting character but it's kinda canceled out by the incest and pedophilia thing.

like. i understand it's an incest dragon show but my main issue with team black when it comes to their criticisms. they love to spout endless words about how aegon is a rapist and how alicent is a rape apologist for not... idk slitting his throat i guess.

it's really ironic to me, because these same people will turn around and then yap about how daemyra is the perfect ship. they'll be aghast when you even slightly suggest you enjoy aegon's character in any way but be in an uproar if you dare bash their dashing and roguish prince daemon.

honestly, name one terrible thing aegon did and i'll be able to give you something daemon did that is arguably worse than that.

aegon - raping a servant girl in the show (which honestly i'm treating more as a fanfiction considering how terribly written both the greens and the blacks are).

daemon - uhmmmm probably the whole thing with nettles. you know. the sixteen year old girl he groomed and raped (yes raped because minors aren't able to consent). actually, now that i think of it, he did the exact same thing with rhaenyra too, huh? or does team black find the whole fleabottom episode to be hot and rhaenyra being sexually free? that seems like the sort of thing they'd take from that whole fiasco.

on the topic of blood & cheese: the way some people defend this is honestly sickening.

'but poor luke was killed by his terrible uncle aemond' he was an envoy of war (not to aemond, btw, he owed him no safe haven) and also he kinda. yk. took out his eye. i'm not saying luke deserved to die, but i'm going to be honest this is one of the more mild things that happened during the dance.

whether luke deserved to die (which i'd like to reiterate: i do not think he did. i can understand WHY aemond killed him, but that is not me EXCUSING him. this is for those of you who don't know how to read and will inevitably find a way to start putting words in my mouth) b&c is completely unexcusable.

it's team feminism until its a woman who doesn't fit your little box of badass hottie. it's team feminism until that woman doesn't bow down to rhae-rhae and betray her own family and children in order to join the 'good side.' it's team woman until you point out that rhaenyra was groomed by daemon and continues to make decisions that are decidedly anti-feminist.

this is why i can't stand team black stans who say things like 'i hate the greens except for helaena bc she didn't do anything wrong' because you quite literally cannot do that without admitting that helaena suffered because of the blacks NOT the greens.

helaena suffered bc of DAEMON not because of any actions taken by the greens. DAEMON was the one who orchestrated b&c, the one who sent men to terrorize her and kill her children.

daemon did that.

i have no problem with people who can admit that their faves have flaws. i admit aemond's flaws, daeron's flaws, aegon's flaws. the problem i have with daemon is that his stans are so insufferably annoying and they literally cannot do any of that.

my last thought about daemon (at the moment, at least) is his relationship with strong boys.

lots of tb likes to say that daemon loved those boys like his own and would never do anything to hurt them. and i... honestly find it a little strange, and also a little embarassing, because how am i going to have a better grasp on his character than those that love him most???

i genuinely believe that daemon, had rhaenyra ascended to the throne like viserys planned, he would have caused 'unfortunate accidents' for the strong boys in order to get his blood on the throne. which, btw, was one of the main reasons viserys named rhaenyra heir, to keep daemon from sitting on the throne.

i think it the succession crisis had been between daemon and rhaenyra instead, it would have been a much more interesting storyline.

then again grrm isn't that good at writing interesting storylines when it comes to daemon considering he's a self-insert. honestly i wouldn't be surprised if when he died it was found out that grrm had a fanfiction written somewhere where daemon survived the fight with aemond and got to live out the rest of his boring ass life grooming little girls. who knows.

#anti daemon targaryen #anti daemyra #asks #anti team black #anti hotd #hotd critical #pro team green

[keeppkoolkeeppie]

I’m just now realizing how much of a missed opportunity it was that TWDG Season 2 had the big decision on who Clem goes with be between Jane and Kenny when the decision clearly should’ve been between Luke and Kenny

Luke is one of the characters you interact with the most in season two and he’s one of those characters that tried to look out for Clementine to the best of their abilities. Kenny is also like this but the two of them have pretty conflicting personalities and had their share of unkind words exchanged with one another

Replaying all the games really made me realize that Jane was never the smart choice, she cares for Clementine and gives her tips on how to survive but honestly her care for her doesn’t really compare with Kenny OR Luke. Jane kills her self a while after the fight with Kenny and leaves Clementine to raise a baby by herself at with some kinda ‘I want you to prepared’ nonsense before she dips

Kenny on the other hand takes care of Clem for as long as he can and at the end of the day sacrifices himself for both Clementine and Alvin Jr’s survival. He’s clearly the better option.

Putting Luke in Janes position at the end of the game would force the player to remake a decision they already made

This would’ve been great foreshadowing

THIS WAS SO OBVIOUS AND ITS SO AGGRAVATING THAT NO ONE THOUGHT TO BE LIKE ‘wait a minute’

IT ALSO WOULDNT BE HARD TO HAVE A SITUATION WHERE LUKE AND KENNY WOULD BRAWL they already argued frequently and yeah the hiding Alvin Jr in the freezing cold thing would have to change but that was kinda ignorant anyways and again it only made Jane look worse

I’m a Luke apologist justice for Luke

#I really don’t like Jane #THIS SEEMS SO OBVIOUS NOW LIKE WHY??? #clementine #twdg #twdg clementine #twdg luke #twdg kenny

[punkeropercyjackson]

Top 5 worst ships in your opinions (can't be from the same franchise)

5.Weiss/Ruby(Rwby).Purely because of the fandom,i love Weiss but Ruby's way out of her league and ion like how the stans talk about Oscar,who is Ruby's canon love interest and a poor afrolatino boy to Weiss' rich white girl.Dosen't help that Weiss has more chemistry with Ruby's sister actually

4.Peter/Wade(Marvel).Do not care about Wade in the slightest bit and it ranges into full on hatred thanks to me maining Spiderfam when it comes to Marvel and i'm a firm believer in Gwenpool and her x Comics!Gwen as queerplatonic trans girlfriends superiority(Me and my gf fr fr)

3.Bakugou/Momo(Bnha).She deadass shows nothing except disdain for him in canon in all their interactions but she's his bestieeee according to Bakuriders because women don't have backbones if they're soft and peppy and kiddy-Momo is the walking definition of 'Silk Hiding Steel' and that's why she dosen't date nepotism dudebros.Shouto dosen't count because he's neither dude nor bro,he's just her pretty boygirlfriend who lives in her head rent free and vice versa(but for her it's 'pretty autistic girlfriend')

2.Percy/Annabeth(Pjo).Their couple song is 'Fake as hell' by All Time Low and Avril Lavigne because they're the fakest fake to ever fake-Percy is obviously comphet on Annabeth's part but also their whole dynamic is just built on lying to the reader and being shoved onto eachother against their consent by the narrative until they give into it and it's a severely unbalenced dynamic with almost all the favors going onto Annabeth and Percy enabling her because he's scared of her.They will never be the Dead Sea Siblings soulmateisms or Ghostflower and the shippers are such Luke and gods apologists ong

1.Harry/Draco(Hp).This ship has so much of it going around eternally for an eternity and it's all just white privilege and fetishization of minorities and glamorization of richness and i do not get the hype around Draco,it's always been so incomprehensible to me that BLACK WOMEN especially simp for him like honey he called Hermione slurs💀Yet another reason Hp and Marauder's era should've never gotten published,it's done nothing but damage to everyone and everything

#parkerpresentz #rwby #marvel #spiderman #bnha geekery #pjo #anti harry potter #rwby ruby rose #ruby tag #peter b parker #gwenpool #gwen poole #gwen stacy #me and moon #momo yaoyorozu #anti bakugou #todoroki shouto #todomomo #percy jackson #annabeth chase #nico di angelo #hazel levesque #anti luke castellan #antilukercy #anti percy x gods #antiwr #antispideypool #antibakumomo #anti percabeth #summerposting

[maryonaccross]

Just wanted to post this to answer @ivarusfalls who chose to post my comment on her anti green post : https://www.tumblr.com/ivarusfalls/715220391811006465/people-say-that-being-team-green-stans-doesnt

On her tumblr.

I figured the best way to respond would be to go through the arguments that were made in the post that I was commenting on and discredit them one by one.

So here we go:

“People say that being team green stans doesn't mean that they're supporting misogyny or anything else that their team stands for. But I just can't understand this take. How can you choose to support a team who's main character (Alicent) laughed when she heard about children and women getting raped?”

The same way I can’t understand how you can support team pedophile ( but we’ll get to that later). I have no idea where you got the information that Alicent laughed at women getting raped ( like in what context? Please state your source when you say things like that). But even if we assume that that was the case supporting her is still 1000 times better than supporting people who( like Deamon and Rhaenyra ) judge and belittle her for being a child bride. And that is a problem that I have with team back Stans in general; How mentally deranged to you have to be to call a child- bride and victim of marital rape “ Alicunt “??? Also team black proudly stands with Viserys who raped his first child bride until he eventually cut her open because her body couldn’t handle seventh pregnancy he forced on her and then proceeded to do the same with Alicent. Deeds speak louder than words. Whatever Alicent said or didn’t say, she never raped or groomed anyone which is more than can be said about many on team black.

“How can you support this team who's main purpose was to tear down the heir to the iron throne only because she was a woman?”

Again, that isn’t true. It the show Alicent supports Aegon because she is thinks that that’s what Viserys wanted her to do. Those were his last words. And in the books she is usurped because her children are bastards. Otto was literally the one who suggested she be named heir instead of Deamon in the first episode. This isn’t about her sex. Her heir is a bastard. Therefore Aegon’s claim is stronger.

“How can you support team green when even when killing Rhaenyra, they cut her breast (something that was unnecessary) only to highlight the fact that they were against her for being a woman?”

As far as I am aware of they feed her to Sunfrye. But all right, whatever you say; unnecessary cruelty towards a hostage. Does that remind you of anything? Oh, maybe the gruesome murder of six year old prince Jeaherys and how team black send assassins who also threatened to rape Aegons six year old daughter. ( And saying that Rhaenyra is innocent in that matter because Deamon gave the order just serves as proof of her failures as a leader. He was part of her fraction, and under her command therefore she is responsible for his actions. Just as Aegon is for Aemond killing Luke)

“How can you support a team whose main character (Alicent) was a rape apologist? Who, when she say her son raping women, bought the silence of the victim but didn't reprimand her son for doing this heinous crime?”

Alicent is a victim of marital rape. Did you even watch the show? Did you not see how she slaps Aegon and denounced him as her son for what he did??? Team black supports Viserys who let Deamon organize a police brutality event without consequences. The guy literally ran amok around the city maiming and killing people left and right. Of course Alicent is concerned how Aegons actions will reflect upon his wife who is her daughter. Alicent does everything in her power to stop Aegon from going down that road.

Rhaenyra lets Luke get away for literally maiming another child without consequences and doesn’t think that he should even apologize. But she is the mother of the year. Make it make sense

“How can you support this team when they knowingly protested against Rhaenyra, the first female heir to the iron throne which would do wonders for women in their society and improve their status, so that they could put their rapist son on the throne?”

This one is really funny, because Rhaenyra ( both in the show and the book) has proven that she doesn’t give a shit about women. All she cares about is herself. She sees herself as the exception, not the rule. In the books, she still proclaims that younger brothers should inherit instead of their sisters. She tells Rheanys that Jace and Beala’s SON will be the king if she married him, which means that she isn’t planning on changing anything for women. If anything her reign made it even more difficult women to come into positions of power because she is remembered as one of the top five Targaryen villains of all time. She chose to judge Alicent for being forced into a life she doesn’t want instead of blaming her father, who forced her into it.

“How can you support this team when Alicent abused Rhaenyra so much to the point Rhaenyra was forced to leave her home and her father because of it?”

What are you talking about??? Rhaenyra basically fleas Kings Landing because everyone was aware that her children are bastards. Even Deamon knew all the way from Pentos. The reason she had to leave was because of her own stupid decisions, and what exactly did Alicent do to bully her??? She doesn’t even actively spread rumors about her children’s parentage, she doesn’t need to, everyone already knows, people aren’t blind. The only time she mentions it is in the privacy of her and Viserys’ Chambers and to Aegon ( again, in private ). And I saw in another one of your posts that we are now villainizing Alicent for her asking to see Joffrey after his birth, because apparently she wanted to “ expose him to germs” I mean come on 🤣🤣🤣 this is a time period where people didn’t even know what that was ( I mean Visserys gives two year old Aegon WINE in the carriage scene ) children spend all of their time with maids and servants. The king and queen asking to see their grandchild isn’t outrageous. i’m sorry, I’m trying to take this seriously but this one cracks me up every time this is so hilarious. She probably wanted to infect him with COVID-19 as well.

And also, the king was right there. What do you think she would’ve done to the baby ? thrown it out the window?

And honestly, if all it takes is a little passive aggressiveness to bully the future leader of Westeros and make her flee to a rock I really don’t think there’s anything left to say about her skills as a ruler. That would mean she has absolutely zero resilience and cannot deal with the consequences of her actions. It’s not Alicent’s fault that people aren’t blind.

“How can you support this team when Alicent made Rhaenyra come to her as soon as she gave birth even when knowing just how painful and traumatic giving birth is?”

She doesn’t. She asked the see the baby. Not Rhaenyra. She looks visibly shocked when she sees Rhaenyra herself.

“Besides this, I've seen team green stans make fun of Rhaenyra being over weight, making fun of her trauma and abuse, saying she was a bad politician even though everything in the show indicates that she wasn't, etc etc.”

I.) the stuff that Team Black fans say about Helena, her weight, but also her being a neurodivergent coded character is so much worse. To the point of some of them arguing that she deserved to die because her life is not worth living

II.) Rhaenyra is a horrible political. She constantly makes stupid decisions ( like taking a lover who doesn’t resemble her husband whatsoever, letting people believe she killed Leanor, marrying the man everyone wanted to keep as far away from the throne as possible, leaving for dragon stone and letting the greens rule for years while her father was sick ect) and the worst thing is she always relies on other characters ( mainly her father and uncle husband ) to save her. Is Viserys hadn’t miraculously resin out of bed when Rhaenyra came begging him she would’ve been done for. She had absolutely no plan.

“I will never like team green stans or even team neutral ones because team green is beyond disgusting and I have no idea how anyone can not hate them.”

Honestly, I have no idea how to talk to hard core team Black fans without wanting to throw up. They are so much more problematic than team green fans and make it really difficult to enjoy this fandom.

And to answer your previous question Deamon is a groomer and a pedophile. In the show Rhaenyra’s actress says that her character is 14 years old in the first couple of episodes including the one where she goes to a brothel with Deamon. Deamon also marries Leana who couldn’t have been older than 15 at the time and grooms Nettles when she is a teenager.

And even if we focus on the book, he has known Rhaenyra since the moment she was born, and spent a lot of time with her during her childhood. Do you honestly think that it’s a coincidence that he keeps “ falling in love “ with underage women?

It’s profoundly disgusting and seeing people portray him ( a wife killer ) as a feminist man makes me sick.

#team green #pro team green #anti team black #anti team black stans #pro alicent hightower #anti Deamyra #anti viserys i targaryen #anti Deamon Targaryen

[presidenthades]

Rhaenyra and Daemon's wedding (show and fic) is where I feel conflicted with Rhaenyra's character. Her kids had just lost a dad (two on the show) and she's too busy planning her dream wedding to even care if her actions hurt anyone. Her children needed their mom's comfort more than ever and she not only blatantly lied to them about her plans but took the girls away from their family. I'm normally an Nyra apologist but I always hated how selfish she was when she married Daemon so quickly, at least they should have waited for the kids to recover from Laenor and Laena's death...

I'm not surprised when some authors write Jace with some very deep hidden resentment towards his/her mom, she's lucky that her firstborn loved her so much because this was reason enough for a big fight with very serious results (Rhaenyra and Jace's bond breaking indefinitely) I don't include Luke/Luce in this because even if Luce is the most vocal of the girls to show her displeasure over the wedding, her anger is explosive but short-lived. She could never spend much time angry with her mom, especially since they both have a very similar character. Luke is even softer, he sees his mother as perfect and I doubt there's anything Rhaenyra can do that will change that perspective.

Jace/Jacaera, on the other hand, suffer from the curse of the eldest daughter. They know the best part of Rhaenyra but also her lowest points, fortunately they love her too much to use it against her and they value the well-being of their family more than anything so they keep all their opinions and emotions to themselves. Lowkey wondered what would happen the day Jace/Jacaera decided enough was enough and broke out, the fight between either of them and Rhaenyra would be wild and I bet even Daemon wouldn't want to put himself in the middle of those two 🫠

I think people are allowed to (and should) acknowledge the flaws and bad decisions that their favorite characters make! And vice versa, one is allowed to enjoy or appreciate certain qualities of characters they otherwise dislike. A completely perfect hero is boring, just as a completely evil antagonist is boring. GRRM’s big message in his universe is that everyone is some shade of gray.

From Rhaenyra and Daemon’s POV, they’ve waited years to be together, and now they finally have their chance. But their kids don’t see it from their parents’ view, and I think that shot in Episode 7 of the kids looking unhappy at the elopement is very telling. HOTD characters don’t have access to therapy or modern psychiatry, but there’s a reason there’s a lot of advice and best practices for parents who plan to remarry. If there are kids involved, they need to be considered.

The girls aren’t opposed to their mother remarrying. As Jace and Luce say, the problem is that Rhaenyra does it so hastily. And you have a spot-on read of the two girls. Luce is very vocal and dramatic about her protests, but she quickly tires herself out and is eager for a semblance of normalcy/comfort. But Jace is stewing over the matter more quietly, and it’ll boil over one day.

Rhaenyra and Jace do end up having a very huge fight about it in Chapter 6 of the Handbook. Daemon decides to sleep through it. 😂

#my writing #ask me anything #compromise and being compromised

[nagararitsu]

I’ve always been a luke forgiver but recently I’ve fully become an apologist bc u know what I’m 18 (almost 19) and I now understand that luke was fully a child like he should’ve been able to rely on a parental figure at 19 he should’ve been able to rely on any adult at all bc 19 is not the fully fledged independent adult ya fiction presents it to be. he was just a boy in need of support. like it’s such an obvious conclusion that he would rebel when he has never been able to rely on an adult in his life bc of the gods and the systems they’ve put in place

#the systems are also what corrupted his mum?? like the oracle is a part of the system and his mum went crazy bc of it #also I mean forgiver as in I always thought he was attractive even just reading the books and I’ve always sympathized w him #but now I fully defend him bc u know what 19 is basically a child #and he had no business essentially raising a child who is only 7-8 years younger than him #luke castellan #pjo

[dollsome-does-tumblr]

i’ve probably made this exact post before, but sometimes this thought just comes over me and i cannot contain it--

despite all the pain of the last few seasons of gilmore girls, i don’t think i would exchange them for something more merciful, and that is because i love, love, love that when luke finds out he has a daughter whose life he’s missed, he is willing to do anything to right that wrong (even though he didn’t know she existed and that’s not his fault!). he will even prioritize making his absence up to his daughter over his relationship with lorelai, the most important thing in his life and the thing he’s quietly built his life around for years.

and even though this ultimately breaks luke and lorelai up and drives lorelai to chris for arrested-development-comfort, it simultaneously proves on this profound level that luke is the right one for lorelai, because he chose his daughter over her, which is something christopher could never do and never does for rory, which i think is one of the great unhealed open wound heartaches of lorelai’s life. and having all that at work in season seven, and having luke and lorelai come back into each other’s lives in ways that involve luke’s fatherhood (april in the hospital, the character reference letter) while meanwhile chris is trying to convince lorelai to have another baby specifically to cement their shaky marriage ... i just love how it all hangs together! it’s so emotionally satisfying in a show that’s been a lot about romantic love but also even more about parenthood!

it hurts a lot but i really love it and i think it’s so satisfying as a culmination of the long-standing “luke or christopher?” question. obviously there are other things i would change within s6-s7, but i do think that the overall arc, despite being brutal, is satisfying in that i think it really proves that luke is lorelai’s soulmate and the right person for her and the family that she’s been searching for in adulthood. it really proves that their values are the same even as it briefly pits them against each other. and it’s also my favorite use of devastating irony in like all of human storytelling. that’s all, folks!

signed, the world’s one s6/s7 gilmore girls apologist

#dollsome's deep thoughts #luke x lorelai #gilmore girls #i haven't even WATCHED gilmore girls lately! #i guess this is just me gearing up for my looming rewatch #also this is what my no-notes impromptu tv show lecture would be on re: that post i reblogged earlier today

[theiloveyousong]

my problem with people who self identify as luke castellan apologists is its never because they think he makes a compelling argument (i agree!) or are seriously considering his actions with more depth than a middle grade series allows for. its always because they think hes hot.

[ratnix]

I have never seen so many Luke apologists coming out of their closets since Charlie was casted as Luke

#percy jackson #luke castellan #charlie bushnell #percy jackson tv

[cantstoptheimagines]

“bet you thought i’d never do it”

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#cantstoptheimagines

[jeennieluv]

anakin is such an interesting character to me because his standing as a true villain sort of becomes grey after you watch the prequels.

i don't know if this is a popular opinion but i don't think anakin was ever really a good guy, all he wants is power and control and he's a bit selfish at times. but i also think a lot of that stems from how he grew up.

like a lot of anakin apologists will say that it's the jedi council's fault and they should've been nicer to him and that's definitely true, i think a big contribution to his turn to the dark side is because of the people around him not giving into his needs but his needs are also super unrealistic.

like he needs people to always recognise his genius and he can't handle when obi wan critiques him (fair bc he does it a lot) but he's also unwilling to understand where any of the criticism comes from.

i think the big reason why luke succeeded in turning anakin back to the light side and not obi wan is bc luke gave him unconditional love. he never gave up on vader and tried to appeal to him whereas obi wan told him how betrayed he felt.

tbh i kinda think it's a bit funny that anakin gets upset bc like?? was obi wan gonna agree with you??? you already started order 66 he's not just gonna be like "mb you're so right!"

he needs everything to go his way but he's also really unable to understand why people can't give it to him. i think he's really needy though bc of all the trauma he's gone through like every time i decide he's a bad guy or a misunderstood guy i start arguing with myself

me when people are complex: 😦😦

not to be one of those people but he definitely is giving neurodivergent the way he literally is incapable of understanding how life works.

he's such an interesting character fr.

#yapping #sorry i talked about star wars on the main do you still think im hot? #star wars #anakin skywalker #star wars analysis #but the analysis is me making up shit